The GNU C++ Iostream Library

Reference Manual for libio Version 0.64

• Introduction
  • Licensing terms for libio
  • Acknowledgements
• Operators and Default Streams
• Stream Classes
  • Shared properties: class ios
    • Checking the state of a stream
    • Choices in formatting
    • Changing stream properties using manipulators
    • Extended data fields
    • Synchronizing related streams
    • Reaching the underlying streambuf
  • Managing output streams: class ostream
    • Writing on an ostream
    • Repositioning an ostream
    • Miscellaneous ostream utilities
  • Managing input streams: class istream
    • Reading one character
    • Reading strings
    • Repositioning an istream
    • Miscellaneous istream utilities
  • Input and output together: class iostream
• Classes for Files and Strings
  • Reading and writing files
  • Reading and writing in memory
• Using the streambuf Layer
  • Areas of a streambuf
  • Simple output re-direction by redefining overflow
  • C-style formatting for streambuf objects
  • Wrappers for C stdio
  • Reading/writing from/to a pipe
  • Backing up
  • Forwarding I/O activity
• C Input and Output
• Index